Device for forming wire hat-frames.



' PATETED 00T. 15, 1907.

D. M STANLEY. DEVICE FOR FORMING WIRE HAT FRAMES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29,1907.

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D. M. STANLEYI DEVICE FOR FOR'MING WIRE HAT FRAMES. APPLICATION FILED JUNI: 29.1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onirica DEVICE FOR FORMING WIRE HAT-FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.-

Application filed June 29,1907. Serial No. 381,519.

To all Awhom it may concern:

Be it known that l, DILWYN M. STANLEY, a citizen ot' the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Forming Wire Hat-Frames, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein i to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for forming wire hat-frames, and the invention has for its object to provide a novel device lor forming twistedwire hat-haines for ladies hats, whereby the construction of the hat-frame is greatly facilitated and its removal when completed quickly 'accomplished without distortion of the frame.

My invention aims to provide a novel device upon which hat-haines of various regular and irregular shapes can be constructed, such shapes with circular, elongated, flat, indented and straight, or tilt crowns with brims and coronets bearing in shape according to the design, some of the shapes having rentrant portions, while others are of such an irregular character that much difficulty is at times experienced in removing the completed frames from the device on which it is made.

My invention is of such a character that the simplest and most complex design ot' hat-frame can be made without dilliculty and the complete rame readily removed without distorting or in any manner whatever injuring or disarranging the shape of the hat.

To this end 1 have devised a novel device that can be easily and quickly manipulated to permit of easy access being had to any part of the hat-frame being formed upon the device, also so that the wires supported upon the device can be easily and quickly released at any time it is desired to re-shape or remove a wire.

The detail construction entering into my invention will he presently described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing forming a part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure l. is an elevation of a portion of the device constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is plan of the same, and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are details.

To put my invention into practice, 1 construct the device of a hat block 1 preferably circular in plan. The block is cutaway'as at 2, and provided with a semicircular section 3, hinged as at 4 to the upper inner edge ot' the circular head 1. The bottom of the head is provided with a socket 4 for the stem 5 of a standard 6, said head being revolubly mounted upon said standard, whereby easy access can be had through the sides of said head. The hinged semi-circular section 3 is locked in engagement with the head 1 by a pivoted latch 7 engaging a keeper 8 carried by the head 1.

The vertical sides ot' the head 1 and the hinged section 3 are provided with a plurality of radially disposed slotted arms 9, one-half of said arms being carried by the hinged section 3, while the other half of said slotted arms are carried by the head 1. The arms 9 can be suitably secured to the head and its hinged section or can be made an integral part thereof.' Adjustably carried by the radially disposed arms 9 are a plurality of uprights 10 all of which are identical in construction, The lower ends ot' the arms are substantially U-shaped, as at 11, and are provided with inverted U-shaped upper ends 12 lying at substantially right angles to the lower ends, whereby when the uprights are detachably and adjustably connected to the slotted arms 9 the upper .nverted U-shaped ends of said arms will lie in circles having for their center the vertical axis of the head 1. v

The lower U-shaped ends 11 of the uprights 10 are connected to the lotted arms 9 by bolts 14, nuts l5 and washers 16, whereby the uprights can be adjusted laterally or vertically with respect to the slotted arms 9.

The upper inverted U-shaped end 12 ot' the uprights 10 are provided with set screws 17 and 18, The set screws 18 are adapted to connect the ends of the wires to the uprights while the set screws 17 are normally ixed and have their protruding ends slotted as at 19 to temporarily hold strands of wire.

1n Fig. 3 of the drawings I have illustrated the set screws 18 as holding the ends of Wires, and in this connection I desire to call particular attention to the fact that some of the uprights can be provided with sets of set screws, whereby the crown 20 of a hat-frame can be formed, a portion of the crown 23 being shown in Fig. 3.

Pieces of Wire being secured upon the device by the set screws 18 can be easily bent around the device to engage the set screws 17, and a hat-frame will be formed according to the position of the set screws 17 and 18 of the device. As the uprights can be laterally and vertically adjusted, and the set screws suitably arranged with respect to the uprights, it is obvious that hatframes of various regular and irregular shapes can be made.

Assuming that a hat-frame has been completed, that portion ot the frame held by the screws 18 can be released, the latch 7 opened, and the hinged section 3 of the head l slightly elevated to release the remainder oi the hat-frame, and permit ol its removal from the device.

My invention particularly resides in the novel construction of the uprights, and their supporting slotted arms, whereby an easy and rapid adjustment can be made of the device for producing frames 0i various configurations.

The device n its entirety is constructed of strong and dura-ble metal and can be erected upon a table or suitable support (not shown).

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

v 1. In a device of the class described, a revoluble head, a hinged section carried thereby and adapted to be locked in engagement therewith, a plurality of radially disposed slotted arms carried by said head and said section, a plurality of uprights adjustably connected te each slotted arm, said uprights having- U-shaped lower ends and inverted U-slia ped upper ends disposed in planes at right angles to the lower ends of said uprights, and set screws carried by the upper ends of said uprights for holding the wire.

2. A device of the class described, embodying a revoluble head, a movable section carried thereby, radially disposed slotted arms carried by said head and by said section, uprights adjnstably connected to said arms, the upper ends of said uprights lying in planes at right angles to the lower ends thereof, and set screws adjustably conneeted te the upper ends of said uprights.

5%. A device of the class described, embodying a head, a plurality of radially disposed arms supported from said head, a plurality of uprights carried by each arm, said uprights havingtheir upper ends disposed in planes at right angles to their lower ends, and set screws adjustably carried by said uprights.

In testimony whereof I atix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. i

IHLWYN M. STANLEY.

Witnesses z )IAX II. SnoLovr'rz, K. II. BUTLER, 

